WTAF...!!!!
I don't think I've ever known stupidity like this. Thank you ASUS.
My CMOS battery needs replacing and I have an ASUS VI Rampage Extreme motherboard (X299 / LGA 2066) that is, sadly, NOT the newer Encore version. It shouldn't really make too much of a difference when it comes to changing the CMOS battery, right? Well FML.
Some absolute bellend of an ASUS mobo (mofo?) designer though it would be a good idea to stick the CMOS battery under the "Armor-Shield" that graces the rather splendid aesthetics of the motherboard. No problem with that at all. Other than the fact that there is no easy access to the battery and its holder. On the newer Encore version you just undo a few screws, pop the fairing off, replace the battery, replace the fairing, job done.
My version of the mobo? You have to take the whole thing out of your chassis and remove a dozen screws from the rear of the motherboard, which then allows you to remove the shielding on the front (along with a few more screws) and, voila, access to the battery. And hope it's not partially soldered in as some users have found that to be the case. Fuming. So I have to take my PC completely apart - removal of radiators, cooling loop, expansion cards, the whole lot - just to change the battery - and then put everything back together again. Absolutely ridiculous for a 650 quid mobo.
(Not my pics, borrowed from the 'net).
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I. Cannot. Be. Ar$ed.
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AND... not one single mention of this in the 200 page manual that comes with it. Funny that. W**kers.